PMBOK® Guide: Part 2

Improvements

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About the book

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31 July 2018

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Description

PMBOK® Guide – Improvements is the second in a 2-book series on transforming this leading guide from its current theoretical state into a practical approach that helps the readers better understand this guide and how to apply on real life projects.

The PMBOK® Guide (A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge®) is a leading standard document with millions of copies in circulation. However, this guide is developed and updated through a large number of volunteers and collaborative work. This approach leads to gaps, errors, inconsistencies, and areas that are commonly misunderstood.

In this first part, we offer numerous suggestions on how to improve the guide. Topics include fixing the errors, closing the gaps, and clarifying the inconsistencies. Further, the book offers suggestions for new chapters and a proposal for a major change in the process groups and processes.

Content

Introduction to Part 2

Overview

What to include in a revised PMBOK® Guide

More content = more pages

Reducing the size of the guide

Closing comments

Covering The Missing Parts

What is missing?

A methodology

Organizational system

Tailoring and customization

Project classification

Templates and forms

Project life cycle

Benefits realization and new project definition

References and external resources

Emphasizing Certain Elements

What is not emphasized enough?

Planning

Project change management

Scope management and scope creep

Differentiating changes from variances

Project success

Project management team

Organizational context

Professional responsibility

Clearing The Inconsistencies

What are the inconsistencies?

Terminology

Audit

Quality assurance

Project life cycle and project success

Split the ‘manage the team’ process

Acquire the team

Scope and executing

Where is the control reference?

Monitor and control

New Recommendations

Reduce unnecessary white space

Removing ITTOs

New performance management knowledge area

Closing comments

Planning Structural Change

Introduction

One or more plans?

Recommendation

Closing Summary

Managing Per the Project’s Class

Project Classification

How do we measure size and complexity?

Classification in the PMBOK® Guide

How to manage per a given classification?

Light PMBOK® Guide

Managing The Project Life Cycle

Introduction

Managing across the phases – charter

Managing across the phases – other topics

Closing Comments

Additional Processes

Introduction

Proposed revised process chart

Is this too much?

Initiating additional processes

Planning additional processes

Executing additional processes

Controlling additional processes

Closing additional processes

Closing Comments

Team of Experts To Review

The challenging situation

The recommendation

The volunteers

PMI view

Final justifications point

Closing Chapter

Introduction

List of Additional Chapters

Final Statement

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